Chapter five hundred and ninety third secret proposal
Feng Liao and Han Daoming came to see Yang Zhitang in civilian clothes. He wanted to hide it from the eyes and ears of interested people, and quietly entered the Shou Prince's Mansion through the side door after reporting the matter. Yang Zhitang did not want to publicize this at first, so he specially arranged Han Daoming and Feng Liao to be there. We met in the side courtyard in the corner of the palace to talk about matters, and no guests from the palace were called, and the internal officials participated and accompanied them.
Shen Yang came to the door to talk about things. In order to show that he was aboveboard, he sent someone to deliver the greeting card in advance, which made everyone in the palace know. Yang Zhitang also followed the rules and led the palace officials and guests to bring Shen Yang, Xue Ruogu, Qin Wen, Zhang Qian and others. We were welcomed into the main hall, and after some courtesy, we got to the main topic.
Therefore, when Liu Chengsi and other officials and guests followed Yang Zhitang and talked with Shen Yang, they did not know that Han Daoming and Feng Liao were in the mansion at this time.
Han Daoming and Feng Liao learned that Shen Yang had brought Xue Ruogu, who had returned to Jinling privately, after dark, and rushed over to see Yang Zhitang after dark. How could they not guess Shen Yang's purpose?
Of course, Han Daoming and Feng Liao have nothing to worry about when Shen Yang comes to visit.
They were indeed the ones spreading the rumor about the engagement, but while spreading the rumor, they also deliberately misled the public into thinking that the rumor came from Prince Shou's Mansion.
To put it bluntly, in addition to paving the way for the marriage of Han Qian and Wang Jun, they also wanted to use this matter to test Yang Zhitang's attitude and test whether Wang Xin Yang Yuanyan had secretly been in contact with Yang Zhitang before.
It was precisely after confirming the last two points that Feng Liao followed Han Daoming to Prince Shou's Mansion today. The reason for a showdown with Yang Zhitang was to ask Yang Zhitang to come forward as the person to talk about marriage, so as to ensure that the relationship and interests of the three parties can be maintained in the future. are tied together more closely and directly.
Since Han Daoming pointed this out, Yang Zhitang had nothing to be coy about and said: "The daughter of Marquis Qianyang and Duke Wen Qian also went through many twists and turns before she achieved success. I can accomplish all things, how can I refuse? Except for this matter Besides, I have something to discuss with Han Shangshu and Mr. Feng. Can we go sit down in the front hall and talk?"
"My lord, please go first." Han Daoming extended his hand and asked Yang Zhitang to go first.
In order for Han Qian to marry Wang Jun, he still needs "Three Letters and Six Etiquettes". However, in the eyes of the princes and ministers in the court, once it was made public that the Shou King Yang Zhitang wanted to go to Yangzhou to propose marriage on Han Qian's behalf, it represented Tangyi and Huaihe. In the east, the three parties of Prince Shou's Mansion came together to make peace.
Therefore, some substantive matters can be discussed directly at this time.
Whether it is the supply of food and fodder to the Huaidong Army, or the strengthening of defenses along the coast to resist the Liang Army's harassment, we cannot delay it any longer.
At present, the goals of Huaidong and Prince Shou's Mansion are very clear. Huaidong has received a loan of nearly 200,000 yuan of food from Tangyi, which can only delay the crisis for a month or two. More money and food reinforcements will be needed in the future, all the way to the Huaihe River The defense line and settlement system on the south coast were restored.
The current requirement from Huaidong is to import one million stone grains per year, which will last for at least three years.
Whether it is Tangyi or Prince Shou's Mansion, it is impossible for Huaidong to put forward any conditions and this side will cooperate and satisfy them without restrictions.
Han Daoming and Feng Liao followed Yang Zhitang and other officials of the palace into Lingyun Pavilion, the main hall of the palace, and sat down to discuss the matter. The first thing they discussed was this issue.
"His Royal Highness King Xin has his mouth open. Even if Shen Yang and others don't interfere, the imperial court cannot squeeze out too much money and food. We can only find other ways to relieve Huaidong's crisis. According to me, all parties can raise funds every year. Being able to raise 300,000 shi of grain for two consecutive years is already the limit." Han Daoming went straight to the point.
Don't say that no one is here in Huaidong. They are currently discussing this matter with Prince Shou's Mansion. Even if King Xin Yang Yuanyan is here, Han Daoming will say so directly.
Besides, Huaidong and Prince Shou's Mansion will definitely try their best to restrict the conditions they put forward.
Otherwise, if Han Qian hopes to move the 200,000 to 300,000 victims of the disaster in Yangtai and Taizhou to Tangyi, King Xin Yang Yuanyan will agree without hesitation?
Yang Zhitang knew that the amount of money and food to support Huaidong would naturally be reduced, and he could not be completely satisfied. They also had to suppress Huaidong.
Otherwise, Huaidong might turn around and sell them all away at any time.
However, even if it only provides an additional 300,000 shi of grain every year, it is still a long time for the stretched imperial court at this time, not to mention that Shen Yang and others will obstruct it.
Yang Zhitang nodded in agreement with Han Daoming's words, and said at the same time: "The question is still where can we get the money and food from every year?"
Prince Shou's Mansion currently has plenty of money and food, but if the Youlong Military Army wants to reduce resistance as much as possible, or even simply bypass the obstruction of Shen Yang and others, and successfully form a new naval army, the best way is to do it on its own in advance. Raise military supplies and supplies.
As a result, the so-called surplus money and food in Prince Shou's Mansion is not enough.
The newly formed naval force is not only limited to the supply of food, clothing, and armor to the soldiers, but also equipped with considerable elite warships. It also needs to build the navy camp and docks, and at least recruit craftsmen to build a ship repair yard. These The amount of money and food required is larger.
"My Han family can barely scrape together an extra one million yuan. As for how to use it, we have to discuss it with the prince." Han Daoming deliberated for a while and finally said.
"..." Not to mention Yang Zhitang, Liu Chengsi and other officials in the palace were also shocked.
At present, the Privy Council and the Duzhi Envoy allocate a large amount of money and food to Tangyi every month, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Han Qian's monthly consumption in Tangyi is much higher than this amount.
At this time, the Han family aggressively sold their properties in Xuanshe and other places.
The princes and ministers in the court all believed that apart from Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son's contribution to running Xuzhou, Tangyi's large sum of money and food consumption at this time was mainly supplied by the Han family.
Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, the Han family could raise an additional millions of dollars in food.
Of course, they were shocked, but they did not expect that Han Daoming was lying.
After all, in the Imperial Mausoleum case, the property of the Feng family was confiscated, which cost more than 5 million yuan in money and food.
In addition to this, it is said that the Prince's Palace of Linjiang County at that time also confiscated millions of additional goods, which were used in the early preparations for the war to reduce the vassal state.
In addition to hundreds of thousands of acres of land and houses, and thousands of slaves, the Han family also mined copper and cast copperware in Xuanzhou in the early years. How much wealth has been accumulated over the years is really not a secret that outsiders can see through.
In addition to being shocked, Yang Zhitang and the officials in the palace were more concerned about whether they could profit from the extra money and food provided by the Han family this time, instead of using it all to support Huaidong.
No matter what happened, they also hoped to borrow more than a hundred large and small warships from Xuzhou on credit to solve the problem of warships for the newly formed navy.
The warships built by Xuzhou also require costs.
Iron and wood raw materials need to be purchased, and craftsmen's wages need to be paid. A two-thousand-stone galley warship needs to be paid tens of thousands of dollars before it is built, and the external price is nearly thirty thousand dollars.
Other types of boats are smaller wing boats and paddle boats, which are cheaper.
The Youlong Wujun has a new naval force that can fight in the deep waters of the Yangtze River and offshore. Calculated with two thousand soldiers and two thousand sailors, three galleys are needed, as well as a corresponding total of more than a hundred.
The cost alone for large-wing ships, stern ships, sentinel ships, red horse boats, etc. is 150,000 to 60,000 yuan. Xuzhou's price is 300,000 yuan, which is quite conscientious.
At the same price, buying a ship from the shipyard controlled by the Jiangdong family will definitely not be able to build a more elite and sturdier warship.
In addition, we need to build a navy camp, a dock, and a ship repair yard. In addition to the military buildings in the various camps, we need to recruit an additional two thousand regular soldiers and two thousand sailors, ration soldiers and armor, and settle down. It will cost hundreds of dollars in the early stage.
Only ten thousand yuan of money can make the new navy army begin to take shape.
As long as the new naval force has begun to reach a large scale, it is equivalent to cooked rice. Yang Zhitang will find a way to ask the court to pay for the subsequent military supplies and food. Even if the court cannot come up with it, he can still find a way to ask local governments to donate military supplies.
But he doesn't need to worry too much about it.
Having said that, everything is still difficult at the beginning.
Therefore, the most basic thing is that Prince Shou's Mansion must first use Xuzhou to obtain these warships through borrowing, otherwise everything will be false.
This request of Prince Shou's Mansion is not too much. Han Daoming and Feng Liao also represent the Han family and Xuzhou and fully agree. However, as a loan, it requires a mortgage and the interest on the money needs to be calculated.
The interest rate is very simple. The interest rate for private loans in the world is unimaginably high. The Han family only needs two out of ten, which can be said to be quite sincere.
The loan period is three years. After these warships are delivered, it means that after three years, the Shou Prince's Palace will have to return the Han family's 480,000 yuan with interest.
The navy camp and ship repair yard of Youlong Wujun need to be built on Aoshan Island in the Yangtze River between Gyeonggi, Tangyi, Yangzhou and Runzhou, as collateral for this loan.
Three years later, if the Shou Prince's Mansion cannot repay the loan money with interest, including the navy camp and ship repair yard, Aoshan Island will be returned to Tangyi.
When the time comes, Tangyi soldiers will send troops to Aoshan Island without any hesitation...